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'Everyone is ready for summer to be over' as SSA wave builds for Monday
Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
OATs and OLOs could weaken further versus Bunds while southern European countries and EU continue to paint a positive picture
Uncertainty looms large as presidential race far from clear and budget negotiations potentially ‘highly challenging’
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Improving budgetary conditions in New Zealand and Sweden have spurred wider swap spreads that have been pounced on by sovereign, supranational and agency borrowers taking advantage of new issuance opportunities this week. Meanwhile, Norway’s under-supplied government bond market continued to keep the sector busy.
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The UK Debt Management Office kicked off its 2011-2012 syndication programme this week with a £3.5bn 2034 index-linked transaction. Its small size heralds a change in strategy for the DMO of implementing its syndication programme more evenly across the year via smaller and more regular operations than previously.
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The European Investment Bank and KfW battled through difficult conditions in the Kangaroo market this week to issue a A$500m 10 year and a A$300m five year FRN, respectively.